Sahih al-Bukhari

Sahih al-Bukhari 3224

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَخْلَدٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ، أَنَّ نَافِعًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ الْقَاسِمَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ قَالَتْ حَشَوْتُ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وِسَادَةً فِيهَا تَمَاثِيلُ كَأَنَّهَا نُمْرُقَةٌ، فَجَاءَ فَقَامَ بَيْنَ الْبَابَيْنِ وَجَعَلَ يَتَغَيَّرُ وَجْهُهُ، فَقُلْتُ مَا لَنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ مَا بَالُ هَذِهِ الْوِسَادَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَتْ وِسَادَةٌ جَعَلْتُهَا لَكَ لِتَضْطَجِعَ عَلَيْهَا‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ أَمَا عَلِمْتِ أَنَّ الْمَلاَئِكَةَ لاَ تَدْخُلُ بَيْتًا فِيهِ صُورَةٌ، وَأَنَّ مَنْ صَنَعَ الصُّورَةَ يُعَذَّبُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَقُولُ أَحْيُوا مَا خَلَقْتُمْ ‏"‏‏.‏

Translation

Muhammad narrated to us: Makhlad informed us: Ibn Jurayj informed us, from Ismaʿil ibn Umayya, that Nafiʿ related to him that al-Qasim ibn Muhammad related to him, from ʿAʾisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: I stuffed a cushion for the Prophet (ﷺ) with figures, making it like a small pillow. He came and stood between the two doors, and his expression began to change. I said, ‘What is wrong, Messenger of Allah?’ He said, ‘What is this cushion?’ I said, ‘A cushion I made for you to recline on.’ He said, ‘Did you not know that angels do not enter a house containing an image, and that whoever makes an image will be punished on the Day of Resurrection and told, “Give life to what you have created”?’

Translation notes
  • The English witness specifies animal pictures; the Arabic says ‘figures/images’ without that qualification.